OFFICE OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS, JR. August 29, 1979 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Governor Bill Clements today named John H. Whittington Jr. of Irving Judge of the 302nd District Court of Dallas County effective September 1. Whittington, 59, succeeds Judge Greer Dowell, who retired. The appointment is effective until the next general election in 1980. Whittington, now a county probation officer, is a graduate of The University of Texas School of Law and of Southern Methodist University. He is former Dallas County judge.